The Concert for Bangladesh
Overview
A film about the first benefit rock concert when major musicians performed to raise relief funds for the poor of Bangladesh. The Concert for Bangladesh was a pair of benefit concerts organised by former Beatles guitarist George Harrison and Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar. The shows were held at 2:30 and 8:00 pm on Sunday, 1 August 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, to raise international awareness of, and fund relief for refugees from East Pakistan, following the Bangladesh Liberation War-related genocide.
Cast
Eric ClaptonSelf
Bob DylanSelf
Leon RussellSelf
Billy PrestonSelf
George HarrisonSelf
Ravi ShankarSelf
Ringo StarrSelf
Klaus VoormannSelf
Claudia LennearSelfCrew
DirectorSaul Swimmer
Details
Release DateMarch 23, 1972
LanguagesEnglish
StudiosApple Corps, 20th Century Fox, U.S. Committee for UNICEF
